creature

Noun

WordNet 3.0

a living organism characterized by voluntary movementSynonyms: animal animate being beast brute fauna
a human being; `wight' is an archaic termSynonyms: wight
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone elseSynonyms: tool puppet

Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature, L. creatura. See Create.]

1.Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man. [1913 Webster]

He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

God's first creature was light.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

And most attractive is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]

2.A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature. [1913 Webster]

The world hath not a sweeter creature.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool. [1913 Webster]

A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

4.A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc. [1913 Webster]

Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body. [1913 Webster +PJC]